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Bildad Speaks
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# Chapter 18
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1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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2. How long until you stop talking?
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Show some sense, and then we can talk.
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3. Why are we regarded as cattle,
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as stupid in your sight?
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4. You who tear yourself in anger--
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should the earth be abandoned on your account,
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or a rock be removed from its place?
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5. Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
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the flame of his fire does not glow.
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6. The light in his tent grows dark,
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and the lamp beside him is put out.
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7. His powerful stride is shortened,
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and his own schemes trip him up.
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8. For his own feet lead him into a net,
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and he strays into its mesh.
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9. A trap catches him by the heel;
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a noose seizes him.
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10. A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
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and a snare waits for him along the path.
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11. Terrors frighten him on every side
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and harass him at every step.
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12. His strength is depleted;
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disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
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13. Parts of his skin are eaten away;
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death's firstborn consumes his limbs.
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14. He is ripped from the security of his tent
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and marched away to the king of terrors.
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15. Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
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Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
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16. His roots below dry up,
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and his branches above wither away.
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17. All memory of him perishes from the earth;
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he has no name anywhere.
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18. He is driven from light to darkness
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and chased from the inhabited world.
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19. He has no children or descendants among his people,
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no survivor where he used to live.
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20. Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
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while those in the east tremble in horror.
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21. Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
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and this is the place of the one who does not know God.
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